Air-hose support



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AIR HOSE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2, 1920.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

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AIR-HOSE SUPPORT.

Application filed October 2, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTO S'rRoBnReER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Creighton, in the county of Knox and State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Air-Hose Support, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an air hose support, particularly adapted for garagesand its principal object is to provide a device wherein the air hosewill be normally suspended above the floor when not in use, but whichmay be readily drawn to the floor in order to inflate vehicle tires.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hose supportwhich'will normally retain the hose in a position where one end thereofmay be grasped and pulled downwardly to reach the tires to be inflatedand upon being released from the grasp of the operator will beautomatically elevated.

It is another object of the invention to provide a pneumatic tireinflating apparatus which can be conveniently installed in any buildingand associated with the usual compressed air storage tank.

Vith the preceding and other objects and advantages in mind theinvention consists in the novel combination of elements, constructionsand arrangements of parts and operations to be hereinafter enlargedupon, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, the dotted line positionindicating the position of the relative parts when the air hose isextended;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a similar View taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing wherein like characters of referencedesignate corresponding parts, the numeral 5 designates a longitudinalbeam or base secured to the ceiling 6 of the garage. A suitable air tankdesignated at 7 is supported above the ceiling 6.

Depending from one end of the base 5 is a vertically arranged bracket 8in which a relatively large pulley 9 is mounted. The bracket 8 is formedwith an angularly disposed leg 10 terminating in a lateral guide 11.

Supported at the opposite end of the base 5 is a second bracket 12. Atensioned wire Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 414,238.

or trackway 13 extends from one bracket to the other and is attachedthereto through the medium of adjustable fastenings 14. A carriageadapted for movement longitudinally of the trackway is designated at 15and includes a pair of upstanding perforated ears 16 through which thewire 13 passes. A pulley 17 of less diameter than the pulley 9 isjournaled in the carriage 12. Leading from the air tank 7 is the usualair hose 18 adapted to conduct air from the tank to tires and the liketo be inflated. This hose 18 extends around the pulley 17 and thencepasses over the pulley 9 and through the guide 11 and suspended in aposition where the same may be readily grasped by the operator.

An upstanding arm 19 is carried by the carriage 15 and secured to thisarm is a flexible element 20 passing around a roller 21 journaled in thebracket 12. A weight 22 is suspended from this flexible element 20 andnormally pulls the carriage 15 away from the bracket 8 to retain thehose in the position shown in Fig. 1. A stop 23 is carried by the freeend of the hose for engagement with the guide 11 to limit the movementof the hose in one direction.

In use the operator grasps the depending end of the air hose 18 andpulls the same downwardly to the floor where it can be then connectedwith the tire to be inflated, thus causing the carriage and weights toassume the dot-ted line position as shown in Fig. 1. Upon release of theair hose the carriage will be returned to its normal position under theinfluence of the weights 22 to retract the air hose.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure and rotect by Letters Patent of the United tates, is:

1. In an air hose support a supported trackway, a carriage slidablymounted on the trackway, a fixed pulley, a pulley carried by thecarriage, an air hose passing around the last mentioned pulley andhaving one end fixed and its opposite end depending from the fixedpulley to be manually pulled downwardly, and means for moving thecarriage away from the fixed pulley to draw the hose to elevatedposition. i

2. In an apparatus of the character set forth, an elevated fixed pulley,a horizontally disposed trackway, a longitudinally movable pulleysupported on the trackway, a flexible element passing around the movablepulley and having one end fixed and its opposite end passing over thefixed pulley and adapted to be extended therefrom, and means normallymoving the movable pulley away from the fixed pulley to retract theflexible element.

3. In an apparatus of the character set forth, an elevated verticallydisposed fixed pulley, a horizontal trackway extending rearwardlytherefrom, a vertically disposed movable pulley swung from the trackway,a flexible element passing around the movable pulley and having one endfixed and the opposite end of the flexible element being passed over thefixed pulley and adapted to be drawn downwardly thereover, and meansnormally moving the movable pulley away from the fixed pulley to retractthe flexible element.

4. The combination with a support, of a bracket depending therefrom, avertically disposed pulley journaled therein, a second bracket dependingfrom the support, a trackway extending from one bracket to the other,acarriagelongitudinally movable over the trackway, a vertically disposedpulley journaled therein, a flexible element passing around the latterpulley and having one end fixed and its opposite end passed over thefirst mentioned pulley, an outstanding guide carried by the first.mentioned bracket through which the flexible element passes, a stopcarried by the flexible element and disposed below the guide to engagethe latter to limit the movement of the flexible element in onedirection, a pulley journaled in the last mentioned bracket, and aweighted flexible element passing around the pulley and connected withthe carriage and normally moving the carriage away from the firstmentioned pulley.

OTTO s'rnr'innnenn.

